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Just Getting Started | Avowed is certainly sounding like a great RPG for folks who like options, as Obsidian shares that almost every quest "has more than one way to start it"

"We want to just constantly foster that sense of exploration, wanderlust and just getting lost pleasantly."

Dec. 8, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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RIP | You might want to pick up Forza Horizon 4 on sale before it's gone from Xbox Game Pass, and digital storefronts, for good

Love to live in a time where games can just disappear.

Dec. 2, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Humble Brag | "This is the most confident I've ever been" - one veteran RPG dev with titles like Baldur's Gate and Fallout under his belt on the upcoming Avowed

"I'm just overjoyed at how well everything's come together."

Dec. 2, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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PASS THE GAMES | The best Game Pass games on Xbox and PC in 2024

Our top picks of the greatest games on gaming's best subscription service.

Dec. 1, 2024 James Billcliffe

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TOP OF THE DROPS | The best PlayStation Plus games on PS4 and PS5 in 2024

Our top picks for Sony's money-saving subscription service!

Dec. 1, 2024 Connor Makar

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Skip That One | Worried about not seeing everything RPGs like Avowed has to offer? Don't be, as one Obsidian dev thinks "missable content" is the whole point of the genre

Maybe you don't need to 100% complete this particular RPG!

Nov. 25, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Not Again! | Continuing gaming's worst trend, you'll be able to play Avowed five days early as long as you're happy to fork over $90

Can we put this one to bed, please?

Nov. 17, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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It Needs Consoling | "We’re not going to grow the market with $1,000 consoles", Xbox boss Phil Spencer says, likely leaving the PS5 Pro pretty PSSRd off

Yep, just a quippy little line about expensive hardware, nothing to see here.

Nov. 13, 2024 Mark Warren

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Switching Things Up | Steam Deck, Nintendo Switch, and... An Xbox handheld? Microsoft says it's happening, even if it is 'years away'

You can wait a little while, right?

Nov. 13, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Keep It Platonic | No, Avowed doesn't have any romance options, but the game's director has some pretty good reasons behind the decision

"We felt that we could best tell our companions' stories and our players' relationships with them without the romance option."

Nov. 10, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Now That's Variety | November's first batch of Xbox Game Pass titles includes tactical metallic slugs, simulated goats, turnips robbing banks, and a whole lot of planes

Plenty of bang for your buck here.

Nov. 4, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Conkers Crossover | Remember weird N64 classic Conker's Bad Fur Day? Well, here's Doja Cat dressed up as the sunflower from it for Halloween, because video games

Here's one for both the old people and the young people, for some reason.

Nov. 1, 2024 Mark Warren

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Classic Voice | Todd Howard initially rejected the idea of Troy Baker playing Indiana Jones in The Great Circle

The prolific voice actor almost automatically lost out on the iconic role.

Oct. 31, 2024 Fran Ruiz

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Azura's Daily Star | Beyond Skyrim: Cyrodiil is gearing up to let you decide who rules the Imperial City long after Oblivion, and it’ll feature something any world definitely needs: unhinged tabloid journalism

Yep, you can't escape dickheads like us writing about things you do in sometimes tonally interesting ways, even in Tamriel.

Oct. 28, 2024 Mark Warren

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Open Roads | The best open-world games to play in 2024

It feels good to take the path less travelled, sometimes.

Oct. 24, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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Tell Me A Good One | The best story games to play in 2024

If you're looking for a game with a story that will captivate you, check some of these out.

Oct. 23, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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Xmas | Halo Master Chief ornament tops the Christmas charts at Amazon—I've already ordered 10

"Alexa, play Halo Theme Mjolnir Mix"

Oct. 15, 2024 Robert Anderson

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Headin' On Up | Who is new the new head of Xbox Game Studios, Craig Duncan?

And what's so rare about him anyway?

Oct. 14, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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New Me | Goodbye 343 Industries, hello Halo Studios, multiple new games, and a switch to Unreal Engine 5

Big changes are coming for Master Chief.

Oct. 7, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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First The Worst | It makes me uncomfortable to look at, but Halo Infinite is adding in a third person mode

A fresh perspective.

Oct. 6, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Wingin' It | Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 may lead with new mission modes, but its astonishing scope is broad enough to fly an A380 through - Hands-On

This is certainly the biggest-ever Flight Simulator release in terms of content - and it may also be in terms of audience.

Sept. 19, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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Rise Up, Dictators | Xbox Game Pass' second wave of titles for September are a good time for egomaniacs who like sitting about for ages and building a thing, less good for Xbox players

This is the first bunch of titles to hit Game Pass since Microsoft actually did that big bit of tiers/pricing rejigging.

Sept. 17, 2024 Mark Warren

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Driving Me Wild | Xbox Game Pass' additions for September are basically Christmas for lovably boring prats who revel in the thrills of the simulated commute

It's me, I'm the prat who likes this kind of thing. Now stop shouting at me.

Sept. 3, 2024 Mark Warren

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Freestyling | Monster Jam Showdown feels a bit like what would happen if Forza Horizon had a baby with my childhood, and that’s cool

Maybe this isn’t what the ideal Monster Jam game would look like, but it’s still a pretty good racing thing.

Aug. 27, 2024 Mark Warren

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Game Passwords | Xbox Game Pass on Geforce Now is getting an upgrade that will change your life

OK, maybe that's a bit much, but it'll certainly make playing Game Pass games on Geforce Now a lot less hassle.

Aug. 21, 2024 Tom Orry

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He's Back | Peter Molyneux's not-Fable, not-Black & White, not-Dungeon Keeper, Masters of Albion, looks to bear some similarities to his blockchain game, Legacy

From what what's been shown so far, Albion does seem to have gotten rid of all the web3 nonsense.

Aug. 21, 2024 Mark Warren

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Outta This World | Fallout co-creator Tim Cain shows off the remarkable The Outer Worlds demo that got the publisher thumbs up only a year into development

There are a few more bald blokes than we got in the final game, but you can definitely see the vision in what became the Roseway level.

Aug. 13, 2024 Mark Warren

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Let It Breathe | UPDATE: Avowed is reportedly being delayed into 2025, but chill out - it's apparently just to give it a bit of Game Pass "breathing room"

You've got more time to practise writing 'I will not say Avowed and Skyrim in the same sentence' on that blackboard.

Aug. 5, 2024 Mark Warren

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What's Next? | Double Fine says one last goodbye to Psychonauts 2 with a surprise final episode of the game's documentary

It's been quite the journey.

July 28, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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How to avoid the Xbox Game Pass price hike

Prices are going up... again.

July 11, 2024 Robert Anderson

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Awowed | “It lets us really lean into the things that we excel at” - Avowed’s developers on choice, consequence, Game Pass, and those early Skyrim comparisons

We sit down and speak to Obsidian devs about the most pressing topics, as Avowed nears its release.

July 5, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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Race Against Time | Forza Horizon 4 is getting delisted this year, but you've got time to complete its longest race in a crap car over 21,000 times before it goes

Fire up your goofy little Peel Trident, it's time to put the pedal to the metal!

June 26, 2024 Mark Warren

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Do You Booth-er? | Xbox will be whipping out its "biggest booth yet" at Gamescom 2024, while PlayStation and Nintendo give the show a miss

The green brand's even put out a list of games you can expect to see there.

June 20, 2024 Mark Warren

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Box It Up To Go | The Xbox handheld dream lives - Phil Spencer adds more fuel to the fire

OK, maybe not everyone's dream, but some of you definitely want one.

June 10, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Yes, No, Maybe So | Oops! Obsidian might accidentally have shared Avowed's release date after all

Expect the upcoming RPG in November? Maybe?

June 10, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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X MARKS THE SPOT | Xbox pulls off the best E3 showcase in years, it’s a pity that both brands died before it could happen

Rumours of Xbox’s demise have clearly been exaggerated

June 10, 2024 Jim Trinca

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About Time? | Avowed, Obsidian's own take on The Elder Scrolls, gets new gamplay trailer but no release date

Look at that action!

June 9, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Fly Away | Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is taking off this November

Hopefully it won't be a bumpy landing.

June 9, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Groovy! | South of Midnight looks stunning and bizarre in first gameplay footage

The next project from Compulsive has shown itself, and we're here for it.

June 9, 2024 Sherif Saed

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Year Zero | Doom: The Dark Ages takes us back to the beginning, and it'll be in our hands next year

After a few leaks, Doom: The Dark Ages has been officially announced as the next game game in the shooter series.

June 9, 2024 Sherif Saed

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X-Rated | Watch Microsoft's Xbox Games Showcase here

Another year, another round of World Premieres - probably.

June 9, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Halo Again | Looks like Xbox is making Halo: Combat Evolved again, but this time it might also come to PS5

A fresh remaster is reportedly in the works.

June 7, 2024 Mark Warren

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Running Gag | Summer Game Fest is streaming at 4K 60fps this year, and everyone is making the same joke

Also, Sony looks like it's given up trying to convince people to play stuff at 8K resolution on the PS5.

June 6, 2024 Mark Warren

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CATCH ME UP TO DATE | Hate waiting to play your Xbox games because of a new update? Don't worry, you'll soon be able to pre-download them

The feature has been available on PlayStation for a while now.

May 19, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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NEWS IN BRIEF | Activision announces Elsewhere Entertainment, a Warsaw-based studio creating a brand new narrative-based triple-A IP

A new studio, eh?

May 16, 2024 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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LOVE HURTS | It’s all very sad, isn’t it - where does the games industry go from here?

It's hard to love an industry that is seemingly always in chaos.

May 15, 2024 Tom Orry

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BLUE VS GREEN | PlayStation 5 outsold Xbox Series X/S nearly 5-to-1 the last quarter, according to estimates

Console sales may be on a bit of a downward trend as a whole, but the PS5 seemingly continues to outdo Xbox's offering.

May 15, 2024 Mark Warren

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TONGUE TIED | As Xbox shutters studios, old documentary clips that highlight problems with how Microsoft handles its developers are resurfacing

Following a week with plenty of foot-in-mouth c-suite moments at Xbox, some older ones are returning to the fore.

May 13, 2024 Mark Warren

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WHAT WAS THE POINT? | Is Call of Duty coming to Xbox Game Pass? Yes, no, maybe, who knows - but it’s clear no one believes what Xbox says any more

After years of building up Game Pass as a viable part of its business, and billions of dollars spent acquiring content for it, even Microsoft is seemingly struggling to justify Call of Duty on Game Pass.

May 10, 2024 Sherif Saed

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PERFECT MESS? | Perfect Dark report claims things are in a "very rough state" after years of set-backs and other development woes

Things seem to be a bit untidy.

May 9, 2024 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson